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Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness by Rashid Khalidi 9780231150750
RRP: £22.00£16.10This foundational text now features a new introduction by Rashid Khalidi reflecting on the significance of his work over the past decade and its relationship to the struggle for Palestinian nationhood. Khalidi also casts an eye to the future, noting the... -
The Vanishing: The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East by Janine di Giovanni 9781526625854
RRP: £10.99£7.77**Longlisted Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing** 'A tragic portrait of a disappearing world, created with passion and literary grace' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'Janine di Giovanni is a humane and persistent witness' HISHAM MATAR 'Profoundly moving' MARK... -
On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice in Palestine by Judith Butler 9781608467617
RRP: £16.99£11.90When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false... -
The Palestine-Israel Conflict - Fourth Edition: A Basic Introduction by Gregory Harms
RRP: £18.99£15.03The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to falsely assume the hostilities stretch continuously back to an ancient period. ... -
The New Middle East: The World After the Arab Spring by Paul Danahar
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Arab revolts changed the Middle East forever. A movement for democratic change has dissolved into chaos and bloodshed. States are collapsing. Out of a wave of sectarian fervour unleashed by these changes has emerged the merciless cruelty of Islamic... -
The ISIS Hostage: One Man's True Story of 13 Months in Captivity by Puk Damsgard
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Number One International BestsellerThe dramatic story of freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who was held hostage for 13 months by ISIS, as told by an award-winning writer.In May 2013, freelance photographer Daniel Rye was captured in Syria and held... -
Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals by Douglas E. Streusand 9780813313597
RRP: £49.99£43.50Islamic Gunpowder Empires provides readers with a history of Islamic civilization in the early modern world through a comparative examination of Islam's three greatest empires: the Ottomans (centered in what is now Turkey), the Safavids (in modern Iran),... -
Israel's Long War with Hezbollah: Military Innovation and Adaptation Under Fire by Raphael D. Marcus 9781626166110
RRP: £32.00£27.05The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now in its fourth decade and shows no signs of ending. Raphael D. Marcus examines this conflict since the formation of Hezbollah during Israel's occupation of Lebanon in the... -
Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance by Bjorn Brenner
RRP: £23.99£20.94WINNER OF PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS 2017 Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU, the USA and the UN. It has made itself notorious for its violent radicalism and uncompromising rejection of the Jewish state. After its infamous... -
How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare by Narges Bajoghli 9781503637801
RRP: £20.99£17.98Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and political culture of the targeted state, and in the everyday lives of... -
The Way of the Knife: The Cia, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti 9780143125013
RRP: £21.99£14.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143125013Author Mark MazzettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Heartbeat of Iran: Real Voices of a Country and Its People by Tara Kangarlou
RRP: £18.99£13.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632462053Author Tara KangarlouFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing -
Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians by Ilan Pappe
RRP: £10.99£7.77Co-authored by two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, a clear-sighted and essential analysis of the political context around this region at a desperate impasseFrom the targeting of schools and hospitals, to the indiscriminate use of... -
Love in a Time of War: My Years with Robert Fisk by Lara Marlowe
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Irish Times bestseller 'A gripping tale of savagery and courage' Noam Chomsky 'Fascinating and captivating' Irish Times 'A beautiful book... Full of pain and longing but also joy, adventure, and excitement' Janine di Giovanni 'A superb... -
Different Perspectives on the Syrian Reality: Research in the Diverse Fields of Syrian Culture by Alina Oueishek
RRP: £30.00£24.57This unique collection from Syria presents research papers focusing on topics in cultural research that are relevant to the current Syrian situation, especially with regard to the fundamental changes in the relationship of Syrians to the society they... -
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Laleh Khalili 9781786634818
RRP: £20.00£13.74On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of ships full of raw commodities-iron ore, coal, oil-arrive in its ports, and fleets of container ships leave with manufactured goods in all directions. The oil that fuels... -
War in the Age of Trump: The Defeat of Isis, the Fall of the Kurds, the Conflict with Iran by Patrick Cockburn
RRP: £18.99£15.65In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East.Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and... -
Freedom and Despair: Notes from the South Hebron Hills by David Shulman
RRP: £18.00£15.40Lately, it seems as if we wake up to a new atrocity each day. Every morning is now a ritual of scrolling through our Twitter feeds or scanning our newspapers for the latest updates on fresh horrors around the globe. Despite the countless protests we... -
Iraq against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post-Cold War Order by Samuel Helfont
RRP: £25.99£21.99The move away from post-Cold War unipolarity and the rise of revisionist states like Russia and China pose a rapidly escalating and confounding threat for the liberal international order. In Iraq against the World, Samuel Helfont offers a new narrative... -
The Mint: Lawrence After Arabia by T E Lawrence
RRP: £12.99£9.54Lawrence's own account of his experience after the Arab Revolt - when he joined the RAF under a new name. In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though... -
The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution by Jeffrey G. Karam
RRP: £25.99£22.61In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became known as the "thawra." These were the largest mass protests seen in the country's modern history. The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 puts... -
Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East by Adam Hanieh 9781108453158
RRP: £24.99£23.80Framed by a critical analysis of global capitalism, this book examines how the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council are powerfully shaping the political economy of the wider Middle East. Through unprecedented and fine-grained empirical research -... -
The English Job: Understanding Iran and Why It Distrusts Britain by Jack Straw
RRP: £20.00£14.69Amongst British diplomats, there's a poignant joke that `Iran is the only country in the world which still regards the United Kingdom as a superpower'. For many Iranians, it's not a joke at all. The past two centuries are littered with examples of... -
America's War For The Greater Middle East by Andrew J. Bacevich
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for National Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780553393958Author Andrew J. BacevichFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House... -
Israel's Counterterrorism Strategy: Origins to the Present by Boaz Ganor
RRP: £35.00£27.21Since declaring independence in 1948, Israel has been involved in an intractable conflict with the Palestinians and its neighbors. While violence has ebbed and flowed over the years, the threat of terrorism has remained a constant factor, shaping Israeli... -
The Age of Jihad: Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East by Patrick Cockburn 9781786630421
RRP: £28.99£24.07Cockburn was the first Western journalist to warn of the dangers posed by Islamic State. His originality and breadth of vision make The Age of Jihad the most in-depth analysis of the regional crisis in the Middle East to date.2001 heralded a new age... -
The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran by Andrew Scott Cooper
£17.91In this remarkably human portrait of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Emperor of Iran, Andrew Scott Cooper examines the life of an infamously complex personality in a bold new light. The recent wave of instability in the Middle East has led Iranians and... -
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi 9781250787651
RRP: £18.00£11.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250787651Author Rashid KhalidiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, Updated Edition by Kanan Makiya
RRP: £27.00£20.63First published in 1989, just before the Gulf War broke out, "Republic of Fear" was the only book that explained the motives of the Saddam Hussein regime in invading and annexing Kuwait. This edition, updated in 1998, has a substantial introduction... -
Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria by Nikolaos Van Dam
RRP: £14.99£11.47Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis... -
Isolating Qatar: The Gulf Rift, 2017-2021 by Edward A. Lynch 9781955055154
RRP: £77.00£62.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955055154Author Edward A. LynchFormat HardbackPage Count 219Imprint Lynne Rienner PublishersPublisher Lynne Rienner PublishersWeight(grams) 416g -
Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East by David Friedman
RRP: £20.00£13.34The Trump administration's peace agreements in the Middle East were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment in decades. Now, for the first time, his ambassador to Israel explains how they pulled it off.Doing the same thing over and over and expecting... -
Environmental Security in Transnational Contexts: What Relevance for Regional Human Security Regimes? by Harlan Koff
RRP: £39.99£35.06Much of the discussion surrounding the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the post-2015 global development agenda has contextualized sustainable development within the framework of 'transformation', specifically prioritizing... -
Qatar: The Practice of Rented Power by Diana Galeeva 9781032215822
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book explains the parameters of Qatar's political growth by developing an alternative theory of power - 'rented' power.The author demonstrates how Qatar's emergence as a regional power can be solely explained by its capacity as a gas-rich rentier... -
Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage: Violence against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Joanne Payton
RRP: £32.00£27.67'Honor' is used as a justification for violence perpetrated against women and girls considered to have violated social taboos related to sexual behavior. Several 'honor'-based murders of Kurdish women, such as Fadime Sahindal, Banaz Mahmod and Du'a... -
Voices of the Nakba: A Living Archive of Palestine by Diana Allan
RRP: £85.00£65.36***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021*** During the 1948 war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. The legacy of the Nakba - which translates to 'disaster' or 'catastrophe' - lays... -
A History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland
RRP: £58.99£51.48A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign... -
Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate by Abdel-Bari Atwan 9780863561344
RRP: £9.99£6.99Based on interviews with Islamic State insiders, Abdel Bari Atwan reveals the origins and modus operandi of the fastest-growing and richest terrorist group in the world. Outlining its leadership structure and strategies, Atwan describes the group's... -
Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State by David Patrikarakos
£48.62The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics since the beginning of the century, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of military strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war. What is... -
Death, Dominance, and State-Building: The US in Iraq and the Future of American Military Intervention by Roger D. Petersen 9780197760741
RRP: £25.99£21.99The definitive work on the course, conduct, and aftermath of the Iraq war. In Death, Dominance, and State-Building, the eminent scholar of conflict Roger D. Petersen provides the first comprehensive analytic history of post-invasion Iraq. Although the...